yet there is not one person who desires evil in the purest sense of the word, that is to say something “not beneficial.”
YOUTH: What does this have to do with me? PHILOSOPHER: At some stage in your life, you chose “being unhappy.”
It is not because you were born into unhappy circumstances or ended up in an unlucky situation.
It’s that you judged “being unhappy” to be good for you. YOUTH: Why? What for?
PHILOSOPHER: How do you justify this? Why did you choose to be unhappy? I have no way of knowing the specific answer or details.
Perhaps it will become clearer as we debate this. YOUTH: You are really trying to make a fool of me.
You think this passes for philosophy? I do not accept this at all.
In spite of himself, the young man got up and glared at the philosopher.
I chose an unhappy life? Because it was good for me? What an absurd argument!
Why is he going to such lengths to ridicule me? What did I do wrong?
I’ll dismantle his argument, no matter what it takes. I’ll make him kneel before me. The young man’s face flushed with excitement.
People Always Choose Not to Change
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